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Fictional
Invented by imagination
Narrative
Something that is narrated.
Prose
Any written work that is not poetry.
Plot Diagram
A graph that maps the events in a story.
Exposition
The introduction or beginning of a story that reveals important background information.
Inciting Incident
The event that sets the main character or characters busy and leads on to most of the story.
Rising Action
The section of the story that leads toward the climax.
Climax
The highest point of tension in a story.
Falling Action
The section of the story that follows after the climax.
Resolution
The end and conclusion of the story.
Setting
The time, place, and the vibes of the story.
Conflict
The moment where the protagonist wants something, but someone or something is standing in their way.
Person vs Self
When the character is conflicted with their own feelings.
Person vs Person
When the character is conflicted by another character or multiple characters.
Person vs Nature
When the character is conflicted by the force of the environment.
Person vs Society
When the character has a strong belief against the majority of the community in the story.
Protagonist
The leading character or one of the major characters in a story.
Antagonist
The character in a story that is presented as the main enemy and rival of the protagonist.
Narrative Perspective
The point of view that a story is told from.
First Person
The narrator tells the story in their own personal point of view.
Second Person
The narrator is addressing the story in the point of view where it belongs to the reader.
Limited Third Person
When the narrator tells the story limiting the readers to the one character’s thoughts or perspective.
Omniscient Third Person
When the narrator tells the story with full acces to the feelings and thoughts of all characters.
Foreshadowing
A clue or a hint of what future events are going to happen.
Theme
The main topic or message of a story.
Symbolism
An image with a meaning behind it.
Situational Irony
When the situation in the story is unexpected.
Verbal Irony
When the narrator or character says something when they actually mean the opposite.
Dramatic Irony
When the narrator and reader knows something that the characters in the story do not.
Characterization
The description of a character in a story, movie, or novel.
Direct Characterization
When the narrator describes a character in a straightforward manner.
Indirect Characterization
When the actions or thoughts of a character help describe a character.
Dynamic Character
When a character changes throughout the story.
Static Character
When a character does not change throughout the story.
S.T.E.A.L Method
A method that helps the reader know what is the description of a character without the narrator directly telling the description of a character.
Round Character
A character in a story that has fully developed feelings and thoughts that is told in the story.
Flat Character
A character that we do not know much about their feelings and thoughts.
Stock Characters
A stereotypical character. Examples are, dumb blonde, strict mother, chill friend, etc…
Cliffhanger
When we are cut off information of what happens in the story when we feel high amounts of tension (climax.)
Suspense
The feeling of excitement or thrill when reading a story.
Imagery
When the reader can visually describe what a character looks like.
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